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title: "Vlekwanglooftiran"
description: "Phylloscartes ventralis — Vogels. The mottle-cheeked tyrannulet (Phylloscartes ventralis) is a generally common, small species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/mottle-cheeked-tyrannulet
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Vlekwanglooftiran

> Phylloscartes ventralis — Vogels. The mottle-cheeked tyrannulet (Phylloscartes ventralis) is a generally common, small species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers.

- Scientific name: *Phylloscartes ventralis*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos)
- iNaturalist observations: 1153
- Wikidata: [Q1271621](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1271621)
- iNaturalist taxon: [16948](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/16948)

## Names

- en: Mottle-cheeked Tyrannulet
- de: Olivgelb-Laubtyrann
- es: Mosqueta carasucia
- fr: Tyranneau ventru
- nl: Vlekwanglooftiran
- pt: Borboletinha-do-mato
- pl: Tyrańczyk skromny

## Countries with the most observations

AR (483), BR (341), UY (56), PE (18), BO (4)

## Summary

The mottle-cheeked tyrannulet (Phylloscartes ventralis) is a generally common, small species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mottle-cheeked_tyrannulet

## Photo

![Vlekwanglooftiran](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/mottle-cheeked-tyrannulet/medium.jpg)

Photo: Julia Ariadna · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/283765971

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/mottle-cheeked-tyrannulet?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).